Day 1

Question 1

What PPE should be worn at an RTC

Answer 1

• full fire kit
• visor/eye pro at all times
• full visor during tool use
• hi visor vest
• blue gloves (cass care)
• dusk mask (glass cutting)
• ear defenders

Question 2

Things to consider when approaching an incident

Answer 2

• slow and controlled
• weather conditions/ visibility
• Road conditions (may have caused the accident)
• obstacles, casualties and debris
• casualties wandering around (dazed)
• build up of traffic
• opportunity to drop off crew member
• if slow, following traffic will be slowed
• oic can make brief assessment of incident

Question 3

Where and how should the first appliance be positioned

Answer 3

‘Fend off’ (Park sideways across lanes)

25m from incident

Question 4

What side of the appliance should the crew dismount

Answer 4

The ‘safe side’

Question 5

In a 30 mph zone how far should you position the cones, sign and lights from the incident?

Answer 5

25m

Question 6

In a 40- 60 mph zone how far should you position the cones, sign and lights from the incident?

Answer 6

75m

Question 7

In a 70mph zone how far should you position the first cone

Answer 7

150m from incident

Question 8

What to consider for crew safety

Answer 8

• Correct ppe
• dismount from safe side
• use of lighting
• place warning signs
• coning off
• stay within coned area

Question 9

How big and what is within the inner cordon

Answer 9

2m

Minimal people

Question 10

How big and what is within the outer cordon?

Answer 10

5m
Extra personnel 
Debris dump
Equipment dump
Medical dump

Question 11

What is the minimum fire fighting equipment needed for saftey

Answer 11

Hose real- liog enough to cover whole incident

Dry powder extinguisher

Question 12

On approach what are the potential pre-planned roles that can be assigned?

Answer 12

• Incident commander
• casualty carer
• stabilisation team
• tool operator team
• tool staging area
• extrication method
• debris dump

Question 13

What are the 7 phases of rescue?

Answer 13

• Safety and scene assessment
• stabilisation and initial access
• glass management and tool prep
• space creation
• full access
• immobilisation and extraction
• evaluation

Question 14

Define Kinematics

Answer 14

The process of looking at an incident scene and determining what injuries may have resulted from the forces and motion involved. How the human body responds to the forces applied to it during a traumatic event.

Question 15

Factors affecting Kinematics

Answer 15

• Type of impact
• speed/ velocity on impact
• deployment of airbags or use of restraints
• what forces were involved
• was the casualty ejected from the vehicle?